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Prime Minister's Office
Development Projects worth Rs. 3350 crores unveiled by PM in Varanasi
Says, Government is working for infrastructure development and public welfare
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi unveiled today development projects worth Rs. 3350 crores for Varanasi today. These projects pertain to various sectors of Health, Sanitation, Smart City, Connectivity, Power, Housing and others. Governor of UP Shri Ram Naik, CM of UP Shri Yogi Adityanath, and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
At the outset, PM paid tributes to Late Shri Ramesh Yadav from Varanasi, who laid down his life for the country during the Pulwama terror attack.
Addressing a public gathering at Aaure village on the outskirts of Varanasi, PM said that his Government is working on two fronts to give a boost to development. The first one relates to building infrastructure like Highways, Railways etc. while the other is to ensure that the benefits of development reach out to the people. He added that several announcement were made in the Budget to this effect.
Speaking about the projects unveiled today, PM said this is an effort towards making Varanasi an important centre of New India. In this context, he mentioned Locomotive Train flagged off at DLW, Varanasi today and said this initiative under Make in India will help in strengthening the capacity and speed of Indian Railways. He also said, over the last 4 and half years various steps were taken to transform Railways, and India's first Semi High-Speed Train, Vande Bharat Express en route Delhi-Varanasi, is one such step. He said these projects will not only ease transportation but also lead to setting up of new enterprises in Varanasi, Purvanchal and nearby areas.
PM distributed certificates to the beneficiaries of various schemes. He also released commemorative postage stamp on completion of 100 Years of IIT BHU.
Prime Minister said BHU Cancer Centre and Bhabha Cancer Hospital, Lahartara will provide advanced treatment to patients from Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh and other nearby states.
About, Ayushman Bharat, PM said, around 38 thousand people have already availed the benefits under it in Uttar Pradesh. He told that around 1 crore 20 lakh families in UP will be benefitted from the scheme.
He also spoke about PM Kisan Samman Nidha Yojana and said it will benefit about 2.25 crore poor farmers in UP.
PM also mentioned about Rashtriya Kamdhenu Ayog, for conservation protection and development of cows and their progeny.
He observed that the projects for which foundations stones were laid in Varanasi have been completed in time.
Later he distributed Aids & Assistive Devices to Divyangjans.
PM also extended greetings on the Chhatrapti Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
United Nations Office for Project Services partners with Government of Denmark to support Jal Jeevan Mission in Bundelkhand& Vindhya region of UP
United Nations Office for Project Services entered into a partnership with the Government of Denmark to support the Union Government’s flagship programme, Jal Jeevan Mission in Uttar Pradesh on World Water day. The purpose of partnership between the Government of Denmark and UNOPS is to provide strategic technical support to Jal Jeevan Mission . UNOPS shall be focussing on instituting scalable delivery models in focused 11 water-scare districts of Uttar Pradesh in Bundelkhand and Vindhya regions as per the priorities laid down in the Operational Guidelines of Jal Jeevan Mission.
Through coordination between UNOPS and the Embassy of Denmark, it will be ensured that the partnership and the bilateral Indo-Danish cooperation on the Jal Jeevan Mission mutually support and reinforce each other in order to support the achievement of the Jal Jeevan Mission’s goals. UNOPS will mobilize its resources in these districts especially in the area of community mobilization, capacity building, training, etc., which will help in achieving the goal of the mission to provide tap water connection to every household in a time-bound manner.
The Jal JeevanMission aims to provide functional household tap connection to every rural household by 2024. This coincides with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal-6. In view of UNOPS’s goodwill with Government of India at all levels and with civil society, built up over the years, it is of strategic importance that this collaboration between Government of Denmark and UNOPS brings meaningful impact to achieve the objectives of the Mission.
Intervention area
PIB Headquarters
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE  SPECTROSCOPY IS A UNIQUE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY TOOL FOR RESEARCH IN LIFE SCIENCES
Prof. Kurt Wuthrich delivered CSIR Platinum Jubilee Celebration Lecture at IICT Auditorium at uppal Road in Hyderabad today. Prof. Kurt Wuthrich has shared his life experiences of 50 years in Basic Research. He also explained about Nuclear Magnetic Resonance  Spectroscopy has emerged as the only experimental technique that can determine structures and dynamics of biological macromolecules in solution at an atomic resolution. The key technological developments pioneered in the laboratory of Prof.Kurt Wuthrich led to the establishment of biomolecular NMR as a Unique structural biology tool.Prof. Kurt Wuthrich was awarded 2002 Nobel prize in chemistry “For his development of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining the three dimensional structure of biological macromolecules in solution”. Some potential applications of his discovery include, Drug design; Easier to handle a protein in experiments; Analysis of active sites in proteins and detection of compensating mutations; can be used to guess the function through a sequence- to – structure- to function paradigm; can also be used to aid the experimental structure determination. With over 10,000 structures in the PDB database, today NMR spectroscopy has scaled new heights and is able to tackle large macromolecular assemblies.
CCMB has active research groups that use NMR technique for structure and interaction analysis of biological macromolecules. One such group is investigating structural basis and mechanistic details of the RNAI pathway in C. elegans and Drosophila. The group seeks to understand structure and conformational dynamics involved in the organization of gene silencing complex. CCMB also uses NMR imaging to map brain activity in model organisms. The research is focused on to understand the metabolic basis of various cerebral diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s,Depression and Addiction, etc.
Ministry of Finance
Repayment of 12.60% Government Stock 2018- Issue of Press Communiqué.
The repayment of following securityis due as per details given below:
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Repayment of ’12.60% GS 2018’
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November 23, 2018 
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November 23, 2018 
The outstanding balance under 12.60% GS 2018 will be repayable on the effective date of repayment as indicated in column 4 of above table.In the event of a holiday being declared on effective day of repayment by any State Government under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the Loan/s will be repaid by the paying offices in that State on the previous working day.
2. As per sub-regulations 24  and 24 of Government Securities Regulations, 2007 payment of maturity proceeds to the registered holder of Government Security held in the form of Subsidiary General Ledger or Constituent Subsidiary General Ledger account or Stock Certificate shall be made by a pay order incorporating the relevant particulars of his bank account or by credit to the account of the holder in any bank having facility of receipt of funds through electronic means. For the purpose of making payment in respect of the securities, the original subscriber or the subsequent holders of such Government Securities, shall submit the relevant particulars of their bank account well in advance.
However, in the absence of relevant particulars of bank account / mandate for receipt of funds through electronic means, to facilitate repayment of the Loan on the due date, holders may tender the securities, duly discharged, at the Public Debt Offices, Treasuries / Sub-Treasuries and branches of State Bank of India  20 days in advance of the due date for repayment.
3. Full details of the procedure for receiving the discharge value may be obtained from any of the aforesaid paying offices.
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Economic Affairs
Budget Division
North Block,
New Delhi-110 001.
Dated October 26, 2018.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles loss of lives due to accident on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, Mumbai
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed anguish after the loss of lives due to an accident on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai. The Prime Minister also prayed for the speedy recovery of those injured.
The Prime Minister’s Office tweeted;
“Pained by the loss of lives due to an accident on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai. Condolences to the bereaved families. I hope that those who have been injured have a speedy recovery.”
Election Commission
Electors from Jalpaiguri , Darjeeling and Raigunj of West Bengal to Exercise their Franchises in Second Phase of General Election
Kolkata, March 20, 2019
The second phase of General Election, 2019 in Jalpaiguri , Darjeeling and Raigunj will be held on April 18, 2019. The notification for this was issued on Tuesday . According to the notification, March 26, 2019 is the last date of making nominations. March 27, 2019 is the date of scrutiny of nomination and March 29, 2019 is the last date for the withdrawal of the candidatures.
This year, 1729829 electors from Jalpaiguri  Parliamentary constituency will exercise their franchises, out of which 884565 are male, 845245 are female and 19 are third gender electors. The total number of polling stations in this district is 1868.
In Darjeeling Parliamentary constituency, the total number of electors this year is 1598863, out of which 806298 are male, 792543 are female and 22 are third gender electors. There are 1899 polling stations in this district.
In Raigunj Parliamentary constituency, the total number of electors this year is 1595668, out of which 828333 are male, 767262 are female and 73 are third gender electors. There are 1623 polling stations in this district.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
GRANTS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing several Schemes for the welfare of marginalized sections of the society in the country
The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing several Schemes for the welfare of marginalized sections of the society in the country which are aided by the Central Government. The details of the major schemes-wise fund allocation /utilized are given in Annexure.
For the successful implementation of the Schemes, Government undertakes steps like mandatory annual inspections by District Authorities, Monitoring by Programme Monitoring Unit , Scrutiny of proposals by multidisciplinary State Level Grant-in-aid Committee, mandatory submission of audited statement of accounts and utilization Certificate and periodic review by holding meetings at National level, State level, District level and field visits. The Department also undertakes periodic review of the implementation of the schemes through third party evaluation studies.
Annexure
Major Scheme wise Allocated Fund & Expenditure for FY 2021-22 and FY 2022-23

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2021-22
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2022-23
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Expenditure
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Post Matric Scholarship for SCs
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4196.59
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1978.56
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5660.00
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4392.50
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SHREYAS Scheme
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National Fellowship for SCs
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125.00
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122.44
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159.00
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114.25
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National Overseas Scholarship for SCs
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35.00
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49.07
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50.00
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75.44
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Top Class Education for SCs
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70.00
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84.72
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108.00
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85.67
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Free Coaching for SCs
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30.00
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14.98
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27.00
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18.41
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Total SHREYAS Scheme
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260.00
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271.21
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344.00
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293.77
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PM AJAY
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1800.00
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1820.32
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1062.39
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164.00
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Strengthening of machinery for Enforcement of Protection of Civil Right Act 1955 and Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989
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600.00
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610.11
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500.00
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390.85
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Pre Matric Scholarship for SCs and Others
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725.00
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570.39
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500.00
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208.62
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Atal Vayo Abhuday Yojana
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150.00
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96.54
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140.00
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117.54
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National Action Plan on Drug Demand Reduction
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200.00
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90.93
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200.00
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97.61
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Post Matric Scholarship for OBCs/EBCs
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1300.00
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1083.00
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1007.04
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Pre Matric Scholarship for OBCs
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250.00
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218.46
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394.61
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361.13
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Boys and Girls Hostel for OBCs
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30.00
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18.76
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20.00
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SHREYAS 
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National Fellowship for OBCs
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60.00
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55.55
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53.00
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51.32
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Interest Subsidy on Overseas Studies of OBCs
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24.05
This information was given by Minister of State for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Shri A. Narayanaswamy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
196.45 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
India's Active caseload currently stands at 81,687
Active cases stand at 0.19%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.60%
9,862 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,27,25,055
12,249 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
85.88 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 3,10,623 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Defence
INDIAN ARMY ORGANISES “SURAKSHA MANTHAN” ON BORDER AND COASTAL SECURITY
The Desert Corps of the Indian Army organised the “Suraksha Manthan 2022”, on aspects of Border & Coastal Security at Jodhpur . The manthan was jointly presided over by Shri Pankaj Kumar Singh, IPS, Director General Border Security Force , Director General VS Pathania, Indian Coast Guard and Lieutenant General Rakesh Kapoor, General Officer Commanding Desert Corps and attended by serving officers of the Army, BSF and Coast Guard.
During the course of the discussions, aspects of interoperability, operational cohesion and logistics were ironed out in order to enhance overall security along the International Boundary  and coastal sectors.
A joint training calendar was also formulated to achieve a higher degree of interoperability and jointness amongst the security forces. Current security threats and challenges, along with joint mitigation response, were deliberated upon and such scenarios would now form part of the forthcoming exercises.
It was further decided to create an enabling security environment and develop a tangible capability development road map to achieve the same.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Daily trend of Recoveries outpacing New Cases ensures continuous shedding of Active Caseload
Active Caseload falls below 5% of the Total Cases
In the last 24 hours, 45,576 persons were found to be infected with COVID in India. During the same period, India has registered 48,493 new recoveries ensuring a net reduction of 2917 cases from the Active Caseload.
The new recoveries continue to overtake the daily new cases continuously since the past 47 days.
India’s active caseload has fallen under the 5% mark today.
This trend of more daily recoveries than the daily cases has led to a continuous contraction of India’s Active Caseload. It has ensured that India’s present active caseload of 4,43,303 consists of just 4.95% of India’s Total Positive Cases.
New Recoveries outnumbering the daily New Cases every 24-hour cycle has also improved the Recovery Rate to 93.58% today. The total recovered cases stand at 83,83,602. The gap between Recovered cases and Active cases that is steadily increasing presently stands at 79,40,299.
77.27% of the new recovered cases are contributed by ten States/UTs.
With 7,066 persons recovering from COVID, Kerala saw the most number of recoveries. Delhi registered another 6,901 daily recoveries while Maharashtra reported 6,608 new recoveries.
Ten States/UTs have contributed 77.28% of the new cases.
Delhi reported 7,486 cases in the last 24 hours. Kerala recorded 6,419 new cases while Maharashtra registered 5,011 new cases yesterday.
79.49% of the 585 case fatalities that have been reported in the past 24 hours are from Ten States/UTs.
22.39% of new fatalities reported are from Delhi which reported 131 deaths. Maharashtra also saw a three digit fatality count of 100 while West Bengal reported 54 new deaths.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Paramilitary Forces to feel the warmth of Khadi durries; A Big Push for Swadeshi
The big Swadeshi drive in paramilitary forces has further accelerated with Khadi and Village Industries Commission  receiving a fresh order for 77,600 Khadi cotton durries worth Rs 3.95 crore from CISF. With this, the total requirement of Khadi cotton durries from paramilitary forces has gone up to 2,68,458 worth Rs 13.60 crore, against which KVIC has made the first supply of 1000 durries on 12th December 2021 which has been approved by the forces. The balance quantity will be supplied in the lot of 5000 pieces every 10 days.
The development comes in wake of the MoU signed between KVIC and ITBP on 6th January this year for procuring Khadi cotton durries for the paramilitary forces. Earlier, an order was placed for purchasing 1,90,858 durries worth Rs 9.65 crore.
As per the specifications, KVIC will supply blue-colour durries of 1.98-meter length and 1.07-meter width. The cotton durries will be produced by Khadi Institutions of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. This is for the first time jawans of paramilitary forces will feel the warmth of Khadi.
Of the total order of 2,68,458 durries, 1,20,300 durries will be supplied to CISF; 59,445 durries to BSF; 51,000 durries to ITBP and remaining 37,713 durries will be supplied to SSB.
The Swadeshi drive in paramilitary forces has begun on the instructions of Home Minister Shri Amit Shah to encourage local products to support the “Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan”.
KVIC Chairman Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena said the repeat order for Khadi cotton durries is a testimony of the excellent quality of Khadi products which is the hallmark of Khadi. “These bulk orders for Khadi products will not only encourage the use of Swadeshi products in our forces but also create large-scale additional employment for Khadi artisans. KVIC will ensure that the entire quantity of durries is timely delivered to our jawans while maintaining the highest quality standards,” Saxena said.
KVIC has developed the cotton durries as per the samples provided by ITBP and the same has been approved by the agency. The cotton durries prepared by KVIC have also been certified by Northern India Textile Research Association , a unit of the Textile Ministry recognized by the department of Scientific and Industrial Research for testing the quality parameters.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
NMCG Organizes ‘Yamunotsav’ At ITO Yamuna Ghat
DG, NMCG Urges People To Join Hands To Clean Yamuna; Reiterates Commitment To Complete 3 Big STPs On Yamuna By December 2022
NMCG Providing 2300 Crore Funding For Construction Of Sewerage Infrastructure For Cleaning Yamuna
As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations, the National Mission for Clean Ganga  today organized Yamunotsav in association with a group of NGOs at ASITA East River Front, ITO Bridge, to celebrate the glory of Yamuna with a “pledge to keep it clean”. DG, NMCG, Shri G. Asok Kumar congratulated all the participating organizations for successfully engaging several stakeholders and all age groups in Yamunotsav and urged the people to dedicatedly join hands to clean Yamuna which is the biggest and the most important tributary of River Ganga.
Reiterating the commitment of NMCG to clean Yamuna, Shri Kumar said “While under Namami Gange Programme, the focus was on the main stem of Ganga Basin and the positives results are now showing, the target now is to clean River Yamuna and ensure that 3 big STPs being constructed are completed by December 2022 with the support of stakeholders, preventing all the major drains and dirty water from falling into Yamuna.” He added that hopefully people of Delhi will see a much cleaner Yamuna by next year. NMCG is funding the construction of sewerage infrastructure for River Yamuna to the tune of around Rs. 2300 crore.
Shri Kumar said that we all should be proud of our River Yamuna, its banks, its biodiversity, its flora and fauna and as envisioned by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, cleaning River Ganga and its tributaries, most importantly Yamuna, should become a Jan Andolan.
More than 1000 people gathered at the Yamuna ghat in the morning to celebrate Yamunotsav, which witnessed live paintings, street plays, classical performance, spiritual performance, music and dance events etc. The festivity was in the air at the Yamuna ghat where people from all age groups revered River Yamuna and took part in creating a momentum to clean the river. One of the most inspiring corners at the event was a board with pictures and paintings made by under privileged children. To spread the message of ‘no-plastic’, kullads  were kept on the water stations to drink water.
NMCG also apprised the people, especially children, to take part in Ganga Quest 2022 organized under Namami Gange Programme for which registrations were started on 22 September 2021 and the quiz will be launched on 7th April 2022. Ganga Quest is an online quiz which is being organized since 2019 and has impacted in connecting lakhs of children to the Namami Gange Programme.
PIB Headquarters
IGNOU Trivandrum regional convocation tomorrow
The convocation ceremony of Indira Gandhi National Open University  Regional Centre Trivandrum will be held at Tagore Theatre, Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram at 4 PM tomorrow  . This was informed by IGNOU Regional Director Dr. B. Sukumar at Press Conference in Thiruvananthapuram today. Kerala Governor, Shri. Justice  P. Sathasivam will deliver the convocation address and award degrees to meritorious students under the Regional Centre.
(Under Trivandrum regional Centre 429 students secured eligibility for Masters Degree, 349 students secured Post Graduate Diploma, 1109 students qualified for Bachelor Degree and 111 students got diploma eligibility.
Ms.Sumi P  and Ms. Richard Juno Raj D.L  from IGNOU Regional Centre, Trivandrum will be awarded Gold Medals for securing highest marks in their respective programmes across the country.
Indira Gandhi National Open University  is simultaneously conducting its 30th Convocation at its headquarters at New Delhi and at the 53 Regional Centres located all over the country. At the main function at IGNOU headquarters, Minister of State for Human Resources Development, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey will deliver the convocation address.